Explain the origins and key ideas behind Absolutist and Relativist ethics. The Absolutist theory is that certain actions are right or wrong from an objective point of view; it doesn’t change according to culture. People are considered to have rational and self-determination – it means they are capable of making choices and acting upon them. So‚ someone who looks at something from a absolutist point of view doesn’t look at the result or the consequence of an action but the action itself‚ (they disregard
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When the only way to make an individual better off is to make another worse off‚ economists say that the allocation is Pareto efficient. This means that a Pareto efficient allocation must be both‚ consumption efficient on the contract curve and production efficient on the production possibility curve. It must‚ therefore‚ be allocation efficient‚ where the consumer’s common value of the marginal rate of substitution between the two goods is equal to the marginal rate of transformation between the
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Living in Minooka has been beneficial to me in many ways that I sometimes do not even realize. To begin‚ most of my family resides in Minooka and they have been since my mother was in high school. It is a comfortable feeling knowing that if I ever need anything I have my family close by. Being so close allows us to visit each other frequently and have that family time‚ which I personally believe is important. I am forever grateful that most of my family resides here in Minooka because of the opportunities
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Every person has a creative side‚ and it can express in many ways: problem-solving‚ original and innovative thinking‚ and artistically‚ to name a few. Describe how you express your creative side.I express my creativity in a variety of ways I like to draw so the main source of my creativity is influenced by art I would like to say it helps me think outside of the box more when it comes to being able to make my own things without stressing over it. It helps with problem-solving such as in life problems
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I am writing this to tell you how much I love the state of Alabama. There are many different reasons to why I would love the state I live in‚ but it isn’t just because I live in it. My family grew up in Alabama this is where they were raised. They were born and bred country ‚literally. In Alabama there is so much history to what happened here. There is so much southern hospitality and kindness in Alabama. That’s why everyone here is such good friends‚ because there are so many kind and dear people
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The Representation of Ideas "For an idea to exist we must have words to express it" (Wilcox). This statement has been disputed amongst my 10th grade English class; I personally believe said statement to be false. Although‚ in court lawyers only need to find one counter argument to prove something wrong‚ I have thought up of numerous arguments to counter this statement. Have you ever heard the axiom "a picture’s worth a thousand words"? I find that you can grasp the concept of most pictures without
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know and we have no way to find out the real reason. He disappeared‚ you wonder why; you felt heart broken and then after awhile you move on. Isn’t it only polite for a man to let the woman know why that he is just not that into her and decided to stop seeing her? Theoretically speaking yes‚ but from his point of view‚ how awkward would it be for him if he tells you his real reason and intentions in person … That’s basically his thoughts on the issue and the real reason why he decides to disappear
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Did you know that 11‚300 books have been banned for their content? The Pigman is a book that is banned in some schools because of the inappropriate content within it. The characters use drugs and alcohol‚ are dishonest‚ and they display violent actions ‚ therefore The Pigman should be banned due to this immature content. One of the biggest reasons The Pigman should be banned because it has a lot of drug and alcohol use. On page 45 it says “John jumped at my outburst and then slowly sipped his
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Janina Conopio ENGL 1302 (Omar) 3/17/2013 Why “The Idea of Ancestry” Matters Often times a person lives their life based on how their own family would see it. Whether it disappoints or makes their family proud‚ it is inevitable; a person’s family will forever remain an important factor in their life‚ actions and the consequences that come with it. In “The Idea of Ancestry”‚ the author Etheridge Knight writes a poem where it is obvious that he is guilty of his actions and the shame and hurt
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Hepzibah (played by no one) Ideas:- Cedrella sees Merope being too friendly with Pansy (Cedrella enemy) and think they are plotting against her. Merope’s side of the story is different‚ she says that she was only being nice with Pansy because she was sure that Pansy had a plan against Cedrella which is why she sacrificed her late grandmother’s Opal brooch to Pansy. Cedrella was afraid for Merope whom she thinks will get her mind demolished by Pansy’s ideas.
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